An interesting article about the US state dept. giving some money to the BBC World Service. I'm sure the conservatives will not be happy as they'd consider the BBC to be as lib oriented as NPR. However, in this situation it's not the same thing as you'll see in the link.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/mar/20/bbc-world-service-us-funding/print
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/mar/20/bbc-world-service-us-funding/print